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Can't get to Desktop in Konsole

I can't get to Desktop in Konsole. I can in KDE by starting at the root directory. The path is: Home->Home(tom)->tom . This displays the folders and files in "tom" . It contains the Desktop icon which opens up the Desktop.

I can't get to Desktop in Konsole. I can in KDE by starting at the root directory. The path is: Home->Home(tom)->tom . This displays the folders and files in "tom" . It contains the Desktop icon which opens up the Desktop.......
If I try this in Konsole I get:

tom@emachine:~$ cd /Desktop
bash: cd: /Desktop: No such file or directory
tom@emachine:~$ ls
.......
The word Desktop is displayed in blue. I don't know what that means. What do I need to do to get to the Desktop in Konsole?.......

hello Tom
from when you log in as tom you're already in your home dir:
user@host:~$
~ means your home dir
$ means you aren't root since root login is #

so if you're already in your home dir & you want to go to Desktop, since Desktop is in your home dir, you don't have to enter /

so if you do:
tom@emachine:~$ cd Desktop hop you're in your Desktop
--------
your Desktop is seen in blue because it's a dir
best using:

your system hierrarchy start from / called root (not the super user, but the system root.
when listing contents of a dir:
ls -l
you see permissions/owner/group/size/date last updated/name of dir or file
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:49 boot
d is for dir
l is for link
and if you have permissions like this:
-rwx------ 1 eniz eniz 17170 2007-11-19 18:35 dmesg_19.11.07
starting with a - , it's a file

so to go from your home dir to your desktop which is already in your home dir you only type:
cd Desktop

from your home dir to /boot, you type:
cd /boot

hope I have answered your query.
bye,

but the best way not to loose yourself in the system is to stay in your home dir
and poke around with ls -l or ls -lF (F will show you all the dirs with a / after their name)
eniz@thinkdebian:~$ ls -hl /
total 92K
h is for human reading size

so if you want to copy a file from your home dir to a usbflash you enter:
cp file /media/usb0
then you can check that you copy of file is in /media/usb0 by entering:
ls -l /media/file
----------------------------it's more fun than drag and drop isn't it?
a book which should teach you a lot:
look for the 4th edition:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sams-Teach-Y...5501572&sr=8-4

Last edited by debianfoo; 11-19-2007 at 07:49 PM.
Reason: adding link to Dave Taylor's book

I can't get to Desktop in Konsole. I can in KDE by starting at the root directory. The path is: Home->Home(tom)->tom . This displays the folders and files in "tom" . It contains the Desktop icon which opens up the Desktop.